Famous Birthdays on 18th July !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1340 - Philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders 1501 - Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526) 1504 - Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575) 1534 - Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism) 1552 - Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612) 1634 - Joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91) Scientist Robert Hooke (1635) 1635 - Robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, Scientist (Micrographia) 1670 - Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer 1711 - Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer 1718 - Saverio Bettinelli, Italian writer (d. 1808) 1720 - Gilbert White, father of British naturalists,,17660718::Friedrich Fleischmann, composer 1796 - Feargus OConnor, County Cork, leader of English Chartists 1797 - Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (d. 1879) 1810 - Peter Singer, composer 1811 - William Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair) 1818 - Louis De Geer, 1st Swedish Prime Minister (d. 1896) 1821 - Pauline Garcia-Viardot, French mezzo-soprano and composer (d. 1910) 1823 - Leonard Fulton Ross, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 1827 - Pierre L Goossens, archbishop of Mechelen/Cardinal 1837 - Vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1873) 1845 - Tristan Corbière, French poet (d. 1875) 1848 - William Gilbert Grace, Victorian Englands greatest cricketer 1850 - Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet (d. 1939) 1853 - Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Holland, physicist (Nobel 1902) 1862 - Victor, Prince Napoleon (Napoleon V), French pretender to throne 1862 - Nikolai Nikolayevich Yudenich, Russian WWI general (d. 1933) 1864 - Ricarda Huch, writer 1864 - Phillip Snowden, British politician (d. 1937) 1865 - Laurence Housman, England, author/playwright (Victoria Regina) 1870 - Emil Mlynarski, composer 1871 - Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (Dog at a Rope) 1871 - Sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (d. 1946) 1872 - Julius Fucik, composer 1880 - Otto Vrieslander, composer 1881 - Larry McLean, baseball player (d. 1921) 1882 - Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet/historian (Paraguay) 1884 - Alberto di Jorio, former head of the Vatican Bank and secretary of the 1958 conclave (d. 1979) 1887 - Vidkun Al Quisling, Norwegian minister of Defense/premier (1942-45) 1888 - Alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter 1888 - Sydney Horler, English detective writer 1890 - Charles Wilson, Pres of General Motors (1940-53)/Sec of Def (1953-57) 1890 - Frank Forde, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1983) 1891 - Gene Lockhart, NYC, actor (Going My Way, Christmas Carol) 1892 - Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian football player (d. 1969) 1893 - Josef Huttel, composer 1893 - Richard Dix, St Paul MN, actor (10 Commandments, Cimarron) 1894 - Bernard Wagenaar, Arnhem Holland, composer (3 Songs for Chinese) 1895 - Marie Ney, London England, actress (Brief Ecstasy, Simba, Witchcraft) American Gangster George Machine Gun Kelly (1895) 1895 - George Machine Gun Kelly [Georgio Barnes], Memphis Tennessee, American gangster, (d. 1954) 1897 - E. A. D. Eldridge, British racing driver (d. 1935) 1898 - Herbert Marcuse, Berlin, communist philosopher (Eros & Civilization) 1898 - John Stuart, Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Number 17) 1899 - Willem Kernkamp, Dutch minister of Colonies (Islam & Woman) 1900 - Nathalie Sarraute [Tcherniak], Ivanovo, Russia, writer and lawyer (Portrait of a Man Unknown, The Golden Fruits) 1902 - Charles W J Mengelberg, Dutch composer/conductor 1903 - Bozidar Kunc, composer 1903 - Chill Wills, Seagoville Texas, actor (Fronteir Circus, Rounders) 1906 - Belle Stewart, singer 1906 - Clifford Odets, US, dramatist (1961 Award of Merit-Golden Boy) 1906 - S I Hayakawa, (Sen-R-CA), educator (Language in Action) 1907 - Yvonne Desportes, composer 1908 - Mildred Lisette Norman, American peace activist, earned the moniker Peace Pilgrim (d. 1981) 1909 - Andrei Gromyko, USSR, diplomat/USSR President (1985-89) [7/5 OS] 1909 - Harriet Hilliard Nelson, Des Moines, Iowa, American singer/actress (Ozzie & Harriet, Follow the Fleet) 1909 - Lupe Velez, [Guadelupe Velez de Villabos], actress (Joe Palooka) 1909 - Mohammed Daoud Khan, President of Afghanistan (d. 1978) 1911 - Alexander Hyatt-King, scholar (Mozart) 1911 - Hume Cronyn, London Ontario, actor (World According to Garp, Cocoon) 1912 - Harry Levin, literary Scholar 1912 - Henry L Hank Miller, US pilot/lt adm (WW II-Pacific) 1912 - Max Rousié, French rugby footballer (d. 1950) 1913 - Jan Slot, Dutch mayor (Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede) 1913 - Marvin Miller, St Louis Mo, actor (Space Patrol, Millionaire) 1913 - Red Skelton, [Richard], Vincennes Ind, comedian (Red Skelton Show) 1914 - Herbert Collum, composer 1914 - John G Bearer, writer (Metro, Drunken Canary, Fast Heartbeat) 1914 - Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch premier (KVP, Mammoth Law) 1914 - Mack Robinson, US, 200m dash (Olympic-silver-1932) 1914 - Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (d. 2000) 1915 - Anthony Cox, English architect 1915 - Isaack Stouten, resistance fighter 1916 - Isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education 1916 - Kenneth Armitage, English sculptor 1916 - Johnny Hopp, baseball player (d. 2003) 1917 - Henri Salvador, French singer (d. 2008) 1918 - Jane Frazee, Duluth Minn, actress/singer (Alice-Beulah) 1918 - Anti-apartheid activist and South African President Nelson Mandela, Qunu South Africa, political prisoner (ANC)/President (1994-1999)/ Nobel (1993) 1918 - Pamela Brown, England, actress (Alice in Wonderland, Dracula) 1920 - Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World) 1920 - Eric Brandon, British racing driver (d. 1982) 1921 - John H Glenn Jr, Cambridge OH, astronaut (Mer 7, sk:STS 95)/(Sen-D-Oh) 1922 - Thomas Kuhn, American philosopher (d. 1996) 1923 - Hector Tosar, composer 1923 - Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (d. 1997) 1924 - Howard Roberts, Burlington NJ, choral director (Leslie Uggams Show) 1924 - John Cruickshank, French scholar 1924 - Inge Sørensen, Danish swimmer 1925 - George Doggart, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1950)/MCC pres 1925 - Jaime de Mora y Aragon, actor/publicist (Last Judgement) 1925 - Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Australia, 100m dash (Oly-bronze-1948) 1926 - Bryan Johnson, singer/actor 1926 - Jane Hylton, London England, actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot, Daybreak) 1926 - Richard Pasco, English actor (Gorgon, Arch of Triumph) 1926 - Robert Sloman, writer (d. 2005) 1926 - Margaret Laurence, Canadian writer (d. 1987) 1927 - Kurt Masur, German actor (Hotel Deutschland) 1927 - Ludwig Harig, writer 1927 - Zin Harris, cricketer (father of Chris NZ batsman in 50s & 60s) 1928 - Simon Vinkenoog, Dutch writer 1929 - Screamin Jay Hawkins, Cleveland, rocker (I Put a Spell on You) 1929 - Dick Totten Button, Englewood NJ, figure skater (Olympic-gold-48, 52) 1929 - Michael Medwin, English actor (Four in a Jeep, Scrooge, Checkpoint) 1930 - Siegfried Kurz, composer 1930 - Burt Kwouk, English actor 1931 - Papa Dee Allen, Wilmington DE, percussionist (War-World is a Ghetto) 1932 - Robert Ellis Miller, American film director 1933 - Aad Nuis, Dutch writer/undersecretary of Education (D66) 1933 - Raymund Murray Schafer, Sarnia Ontario, Canada, composer (Patria) 1933 - Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Zima Russia, poet (Bratsk Station) 1934 - Edward Bond, English playwright/director (Blow-up) 1934 - Darlene Conley, American actress (d. 2007) 1935 - Tenley Albright, Boston Mass, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1952, 56) 1935 - Jayendra Saraswathi, Hindu religious leader 1936 - Ted Harris, Canadian ice hockey player 1937 - Roald Hoffman, Polish-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate 1937 - Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas) (d. 2005) 1938 - Britt Leach, Gadsen Ala, actor (Mickey-Spencers Pilots) 1938 - Dudu Pukwana, [Mtutuzel], South African/British saxophonist/composer 1938 - Paul Verhoeven, director (Basic Instinct, Total Recall) 1938 - Ian Stewart, Scottish pianist (d. 1985) 1938 - John Connelly, St Helens, Lancashire, footballer (20 English caps), (d. 2012) 1939 - Brian Auger, London, fusion keyboardist (Befour, Genesis) 1939 - Dion DiMucci, Bronx, rocker (Dion & Belmonts-Teenager in Love) 1939 - Edward Gramlich, American economics professor (d. 2007) 1939 - Jerry Moore, American football coach 1940 - James Brolin, Los Angeles California, actor (Dr Kiley-Marcus Welby, Peter-Hotel) 1940 - Joseph Torre, outfield/manager (Braves, Mets, 1971 NL MVP) 1941 - Jack Jersey, [de Nijs], Indonesian/Dutch singer/producer 1941 - Lonnie Mack, Aurora Indiana, rocker (Baby Whats Wrong) 1941 - Marcia Jones Smoke, Oklahoma, 500m kayak (Olympic-bronze-1964) 1941 - Martha Reeves, Detroit Mich, singer (& Vandellas-Dancing in St) 1942 - Alexander EHAML, prince of the Belgians/son of Leopold III 1942 - Adolf Ogi, Swiss politician 1942 - Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer (d. 2006) 1943 - Bobby Sherman, Santa Monica California, singer (Shindig, Here Comes Brides) 1943 - Calvin Peete, Detroit MI, PGA golfer (1979 Greater Milwaukee Open) 1943 - Robin McDonald, Scotland, rock guitarist (Billy J Kramer & Dakotas) 1944 - David Hemery, English 400m-hurdler (Oly-gold-1968) [or 1948] 1944 - Jonelle Allen, NYC, actress (Bessie-Palmerstown USA, Berringers) 1945 - Danny McCullock, London, rocker (Animals) 1946 - Tim Lynch, rocker (Flaming Groovies) 1946 - Leo Madder, Belgian actor 1947 - Ayn Rumen, Brooklyn New York, American actress (Janet-McLean Stevenson Show) 1947 - Kurt Mann, Roslyn NY, actor (Bad Penny) 1947 - Steven W. Mahoney, Canadian politician 1948 - Cesar Zuiderwijk, Dutch rock drummer (Golden Earring, Radar Love) 1948 - Phil Harris, rocker (Ace) 1948 - Hartmut Michel, German chemist, Nobel laureate 1948 - Carlos Colón, Sr., Puerto Rican professional wrestler 1949 - Dennis Lillee, Australian cricket fast bowler (1971-84) Business Magnate Richard Branson (1950) 1950 - Richard Branson, London, British music enterperneur (Virgin Atlantic) 1950 - Glenn Hughes, American singer (Village People) (d. 2001) 1950 - Jack Layton, Canadian politician 1950 - Kostas Eleftherakis, Greek footballer 1951 - Bruce Alan Lietzke, Kansas City KS, PGA golfer (1978 Canadian Open) 1951 - Elio Di Rupo, Belgian politician 1951 - Margo Martindale, American actress 1952 - James Forbes, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1972) 1953 - Peter Greenall, English brewer (Greenall Witley) 1954 - Imtiaz Ali, cricketer (brother of Inshan One Test WI v India 1976) 1954 - Ricky Skaggs, Cordell Ky, country singer (Heartbroke, Toy Hearts) 1954 - Robert Cameron, CFL punter (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) 1954 - Tobias Picker, composer 1955 - Teresa Ann Savoy, London England, actress (Caligula) 1955 - Vitali Viktorovich Savitsky, biologist/politician 1955 - Bernd Fasching, Austrian painter and sculptor 1956 - Audrey Landers [Hamburg], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American actress/singer (Dallas, Chorus Line) 1956 - Razor Shines, American baseball player, manager and coach 1957 - Nicholas Alexander Faldo, England, PGA golfer (1992 British Open) 1958 - Margo [AM] Vliegenthart, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA) 1958 - Nigel Twist, Manchester, rock drummer (Alarm-In the Summertime) 1959 - Pauline Quirke, British actress 1960 - Anne-Marie Johnson, Los Angeles California, actress (In the Heat of the Night) 1961 - Elizabeth McGovern, Evanston Ill, actress (Once Upon a Time in Amer) 1962 - Engelbert Linder, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998) 1962 - Jensen Buchanan, Montgomery AL, actress (Vicky/Marley-Another World) 1962 - Lee Arenberg, American actor 1962 - Jack Irons, American drummer 1962 - Shaun Micallef, Australian comedian 1963 - Lonnie Young, NFL safety/cornerback (NY Jets) 1963 - Martín Torrijos Espino, President of Panama 1963 - Al Snow, American professional wrestler 1964 - Susan Marie Snyder, actress (Julie-As the World Turns) 1964 - Wendy Williams, radio host 1965 - Robert Holland, CFL defensive back (BC Lions) 1965 - Yugi Iga, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998) 1966 - Dan[iel Dion] OBrien, Portland Oregon, decathelete (Olympic-gold-96) 1967 - Jeff Lageman, NFL defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars) 1967 - Vin Diesel, American actor 1969 - Masanori Murakawa, Japanese professional wrestler 1970 - Dusty Imoo, hockey goaltender (Team Japan 1998) 1970 - John Kalin, CFL safety (Calgary Stampeders) 1970 - Margaret Langford, Vancouver BC, canoeist (Olympics-96) 1970 - Patrick Dancy, TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You) 1971 - Kristi Coats, LPGA golfer (1995 Ping/Welch-66th) 1971 - Sarah McLeod, New Zealand actress 1972 - Anfernee Penny Hardaway, Memphis, NBA guard (Orlando, Oly-gold-96) 1972 - Bernard Williams, NFL tackle (Philadelphia Eagles) 1972 - Bruce Walker, NFL nose tackle (NE Patriots) 1974 - Derek Anderson, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers) 1974 - Alan Morrison, British poet 1975 - Torii Hunter, baseball player 1975 - Daron Malakian, American guitarist (System of a Down, Scars on Broadway) 1976 - Elsa Pataky, Spanish actress 1977 - Dylan Lane, American television host 1977 - Alfian bin Saat, Singaporean writer, poet and playwright 1978 - Shane Horgan, Irish rugby player 1978 - Ben Sheets, American baseball player 1978 - Mélissa Theuriau, French newscaster 1978 - Verónica Romeo, Spanish singer 1979 - Julie Gulbrandsen, Miss Arizona Teen USA (1997) 1979 - Rick Baxter, American politician 1979 - Jared Hess, American film director and screenwriter 1979 - Deion Branch, American football player 1979 - Joey Mercury, American professional wrestler 1979 - Jermaine Paul, American musician 1980 - Kristen Bell, American actress 1980 - Ryoko Hirosue, Japanese actress and singer 1982 - Panagiotis Lagos, Greek footballer 1982 - Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress and beauty queen 1982 - Ryan Cabrera, American musician and TV host 1983 - Carlos Diogo, Uruguayan footballer 1985 - Chace Crawford, American actor 1988 - César Villaluz, Mexican footballer 1991 - Karina Pasian, American singer and pianist 1994 - Ricardo Dela Corte, Italy, test tube baby born to oldest (62) mother.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 02:47:39 +0000
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